Here are UMD GSG’s priorities for graduate student advocacy this year
The organization's first priority this semester is to increase its recruiting effort.
UMD GSG elects executive board, approves budget for next year
University of Maryland government and politics doctoral student Autumn Perkey will serve as the GSG’s president for the next academic year.
UMD GSG supports health insurance waiver requirement for graduate students
Currently, graduate students can enroll with the plan by choice, while undergraduates are automatically enrolled.
UMD GRAD Day features interdisciplinary student research
Almost 50 graduate students presented research in various fields.
UMD GSG calls for mandatory periodical faculty, staff sensitivity training
The resolution highlights how some graduate students fail to report these types of issues in fear of losing their funding, receiving backlash from faculty, or having their degree progress discontinued.
Graduate students need a break from the grind too
Breaks shouldn’t break graduate students. Give them more reasonable leaves of absence.
UMD GSG calls for review of leave of absence policy
The GSG also passed a resolution that calls on the university’s administration to phase out the athletics fee for graduate students.
GSG’s October meeting brings discussions on collective bargaining, cannabis referendum
Members of Fearless Student Employees joined the GSG Friday to discuss collective bargaining rights for graduate students.
GSG, TerpsVote partner to increase low graduate student voter turnout
In the last midterm elections in 2018, 35 percent of this university’s eligible graduate students voted.
UMD GSG passes resolutions on workers’ rights information, student fee transparency
The goal of gathering the data is to understand the extent and types of abuses graduate assistants face while also recording and documenting them.